Resources for Preachers
maintained by Peter F Whyte
(additional suggestions
welcome)
As this page is always changing you will find a chronological list of additions to the preaching resources section of the site on the recent additions page.
Books are listed alphabetically by author or distributor. Where biographical information on an author is available this has been linked. Where reviews are known they have been linked. Common review sites are tagged by their initials: DR = Discerning Reader; EEE = A Steward of the Secret Things; UW = Unashamed Workman.
Items on this page are identified by the following symbols: audio recordings, articles, blog entries, books, downloads, and podcasts.
Preachers
Thabiti Anyabwile
[info]
Life and Ministry with Thabiti Anyabwile, 1 Apr 2007. Thabiti tells the amazing story of growing up in a fatherless, African-American home, and how he went from nominal Christianity to Muslim antagonist against Christ to despair to Christian pastor.
——
The Faithful Preacher: Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors
(Crossway, 2007)
[reviews: DR,
highly recommended by Derek Thomas]
John Brand
[info]
‘10 Questions’, by Colin Adams on Unashamed Workman, 29 Aug 2007
John Bunyan
Frank Mott Harrison, John Bunyan: A story of his life (London: Bagster, 1964) 198p.
[reviews:
EEE]
John Calvin
Steve Lawson, The Expository Genius of John Calvin
[reviews:
EEE (John Brand, 11 Jun 2007),
On Calvin's Preaching (Rich Ryan, 16 Jan 2008)
UW (Colin Adams, 1 Jun 2007)]
Frank James, ‘John Calvin the Evangelist’ (Reformed Quarterly, Volume 19, Number 2/3, Fall 2001)
Duncan Campbell
Andrew Woolsey's biography.
[reviews:
EEE]
Iain D. Campbell
Martin Downes,
‘Watch your Life and Doctrine Closely: an interview’, Against Heresies Blogspot, 25 Sep 2007.
Christmas Evans
B A Ramsbottom, The One-Eyed Preacher of Wales (1985).
[reviews:
EEE]
Peter Grainger
‘10 Questions’,
by Colin Adams on Unashamed Workman, 15 Aug 2007
R. Kent Hughes
interview
by Art Azurdia,
The Spurgeon Fellowship Journal Interview, Fall 2007.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
[info]
Tony Sargent, The Sacred Anointing
[reviews:
EEE]
Iain Murray, Lloyd-Jones: Messenger of Grace (Banner of Truth Trust, 2008) [advance note with reviews to follow]
Peter Marshall
Catherine Marshall, A Man Called Peter.
[reviews:
EEE]
G. Campbell Morgan
Sam Horn, ‘G. Campbell Morgan--"A preacher come from God,"’ Part 1 and Part 2, Sharper Iron, 27 & 28 Nov 2007
Lloyd John Ogilvie
General Editor of The Preacher's Commentary (formerly The Communicator's Commentary), published by Thomas Nelson
Michael Duduit, ‘Preaching to Power: An Interview with Lloyd John Ogilvie’, Preaching, May 2002
John Owen
Andrew Thomson's 19th century biography
[reviews:
EEE]
James Packer
Alister McGrath, To Know and Serve God, a biography
[reviews:
EEE]
Derek Prime
‘10 Questions’,
by Colin Adams on Unashamed Workman, 22 Aug 2007
The Puritans
Don Kistler, The Puritans on Preaching,
St Paul's Church.
Charles Simeon
Hugh Evan Hopkins, a biography
[reviews:
EEE]
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Ernest W Bacon, Heir of the Puritans (1967)
[reviews:
EEE]
William Still
Dying to Live
[reviews:
EEE]
John Stott
[info]
The Preacher's Portrait (1961)
[reviews:
EEE]
George Whitefield
Ruth Gordon Short, George Whitefield: Trumpet of the Lord
[reviews:
EEE]
The Preacher and ...
John Brand, ‘The Preacher and Himself’, a series of blog posts
at Steward of the Secret Things:
27 June (Baxter),
4 July (Baxter)
11 July (Spurgeon),
18 July 2007 (Fabarez)
——
‘The Preacher and His Study’:
a series of blog posts
at Steward of the Secret Things:
23 Aug,
29 Aug (Spurgeon),
25 Sep (Baxter),
13 Oct,
19 Oct (Lloyd-Jones) &
30 Oct 2007 (Spurgeon)
——
‘The Preacher and Prayer’:
a series of blog posts
at Steward of the Secret Things:
11 May,
17 May,
24 May,
1 Jun,
6 Jun,
13 Jun,
20 Jun 2007
Steve Mathewson, ‘Books For A Preacher's Soul’ Preaching Today, 2 Nov 2007
——, ‘Preaching and Reading’ Preaching Today, 18 Dec 2007
Peter Mead, Preacher's Personal Life, Biblical Preaching, category for collected blog postings.
‘The Preacher's Heart’, Biblical Preaching: Part 1 (4 Apr), Part 2 (5 Apr), Part 3 (6 Apr 2008). Responding to God's initiative in at least six arenas of life, based on Reggie McNeal's book, A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders.
Peter F. Whyte (compiler), ‘Resources for Preachers on Preachers’, last updated 13 Jan 2008 Gilnahirk Baptist Church Web site
URL: (accessed 16 May 2008)
